For the second cohort of Voices of Youth, we sat down with nearly a dozen Detroit teenagers who shared with us their thoughts on what community is and what (as "solutions-oriented journalists") they would like the world to understand about the city where they learn and love.
Model D spent time with youth from three different Detroit neighborhoods, listening to what they love about their communities and what they hope to change, capturing their words in insightful sketches. Now, our youngest residents will get a chance to report to you.
Victims of police killings are often criminalized. For Sydney G. James, there is no justification. So she decided to use her art to be a voice for her disgust at yet another slaying of a Black person at the hands of those hired to protect and serve them.
The Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance recently received a $50,000 grant from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to continue the program.
$5 million investment will help revitalize and beautify the park and reopen the shuttered Lenox Community Center.
We spoke with Josh Elling, executive director of Jefferson East, Inc., about what affordability truly means in Detroit, what it will look like in Jefferson Chalmers, and why there is lingering anxiety about development.
Where there is music, there is dance. And since music has always been an essential part of life in Detroit, so has dance. These three unique dance styles are engaging Detroiters and building community.
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